The Importance of Finding the Right Band Members

Led Zeppelin is my favorite band of all time. I can listen to their albums over and over without getting sick of them, always gaining some new insight in the process.

After stumbling on a clip of Jimmy Page’s prototype version of “Dazed and Confused” with his previous band, The Yardbirds, I have to wonder if we’d even care who Jimmy Page is, or if we would have gotten to know the immense talents of Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and of course John Bonham, if Page had decided to stick with his old band.

Compare this to Led Zeppelin’s performance of the song on the Danmarks Radio program in Iceland, 1969, from what I would guess is about a year later. (or fire up your Led Zeppelin DVD for a much better quality rip of the same performance.) Upgrade!